MALIBU, Calif. — Eleven home matches and three non-conference tournaments highlight the 2025 Pepperdine women's volleyball schedule, which was released on Thursday.
All of the Waves' home matches will be livestreamed on ESPN+. Fans interested in purchasing season tickets may fill out a ticket interest form located at this link. Season ticket packages and single-game tickets will be available later this summer. All pertinent information can be found on the women's volleyball team's schedule page on pepperdinewaves.com.
"I am excited about our 2025 schedule as we've worked hard to put together what we think will be a nice mix of some of the best teams in college volleyball, including some quality opponents in the West Coast Conference," Head coach Scott Wong, who is entering his 11th year at the helm of the women's volleyball program, said. "Our team will be tested by some of the best as we continue to pursue our big goals!"
Prior to the start of the season, Pepperdine plays in two exhibition contests. First, the Waves play in the Blue and Orange Alumni Scrimmage, held in Firestone Fieldhouse on Aug. 16. A cross-town exhibition match at USC on Aug. 23 concludes the preseason portion of the schedule.
Pepperdine kicks off the season at the Sacramento State Invitational, where the Waves will play UTEP, UC Davis and the host team Hornets from Aug. 29-31. The 2025 season-opener will be against UC Davis on Aug. 29, then the Waves face off against UTEP (Aug. 30) and Sacramento State (Aug. 31).
From there, the Waves return to Malibu for the regular-season home opener against UCLA on Tuesday, Sept. 2 at 6 p.m. Pepperdine will head east to compete at the Pittsburgh Invitational, hosted by NCAA Final Four participant Pittsburgh. The Waves take on Pitt on Sept. 5 at 7 p.m. PT before playing Jacksonville State on Sept. 6 at 5 p.m. PT.
The Waves return home to host Lipscomb for the Asics Classic on Friday, Sept. 12 at 6 p.m. before taking a trip to UC Santa Barbara on Sept. 16 at 6 p.m.
Pepperdine will spend its final week of non-conference play in Tempe, Ariz. for Arizona State University's Webb-Burbridge Classic, which features three teams that won at least 20 matches last year. In the three-day event, the Waves will face GCU (Sept. 18), Arizona State (Sept. 19) and Milwaukee (Sept. 20).
This year, Pepperdine will play 18 matches in West Coast Conference play, including two against conference newcomer Seattle, which joins the WCC after competing in the Western Athletic Conference last year. Unlike years past, the WCC will not play a double-round robin conference schedule; Pepperdine will only play six of its WCC opponents twice.
The Waves host San Diego (Sept. 25) and conference newcomer Seattle (Sept. 27) for the opening week of WCC play before taking a trip to the San Francisco Bay Area to face San Francisco (Oct. 2) and Santa Clara (Oct. 4). After taking seven days off, the Waves host Washington State on Oct. 11 before making its first Pacific Northwest trip to face Seattle (Oct. 16) and Portland (Oct. 18). October concludes with home matches against Oregon State (Oct. 23) and conference rival LMU (Oct. 30) and a road match at Pacific (Oct. 25).
Pepperdine kicks off the final month of WCC play at home against San Francisco (Nov. 1) before facing Gonzaga (Nov. 6) and Washington State (Nov. 8) on the road. The Waves will host Santa Clara on Nov. 15 before taking their final conference road trip to San Diego (Nov. 20) and LMU (Nov. 22). The Waves host Gonzaga (Nov. 26) before having their Senior Day against Saint Mary's (Nov. 28) to wrap up the regular season during the week of Thanksgiving Break.
Pepperdine returns 10 players from last year's 17-11 campaign, including WCC Freshman of the Year Ella Piskorz, All-WCC Freshman Team selection Chloe Pravednikov and 2023 All-WCC selection Vanessa Polk.
2025 SCHEDULE
Aug. 16 Blue and Orange Alumni Game
Aug. 23 @ USC (Exhibition)
Aug. 29 vs. UC Davis (in Sacramento, Calif.)
Aug. 30 vs. UTEP (in Sacramento, Calif.)
Aug. 31 @ Sacramento State
Sept. 2 UCLA
Sept. 5 @ Pitt
Sept. 6 vs. Jacksonville State (in Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Sept. 12 Lipscomb
Sept. 16 @ UC Santa Barbara
Sept. 18 vs. GCU (in Tempe, Ariz.)
Sept. 19 @ Arizona State
Sept. 20 vs. Milwaukee (in Tempe, Ariz.)
Sept. 25 San Diego
Sept. 27 Seattle
Oct. 2 @ San Francisco
Oct. 4 @ Santa Clara
Oct. 11 Washington State
Oct. 16 @ Seattle
Oct. 18 @ Portland
Oct. 23 Oregon State
Oct. 25 @ Pacific
Oct. 30 LMU
Nov. 1 San Francisco
Nov. 6 @ Gonzaga
Nov. 8 @ Washington State
Nov. 15 Santa Clara
Nov. 20 @ San Diego
Nov. 22 @ LMU
Nov. 26 Gonzaga
Nov. 28 Saint Mary's
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